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Page 1: ReportCivil liabilityof goodsamarit
Page 4 and 5: LAW REFORM COMMISSION‟S ROLEThe L
Page 6 and 7: LAW REFORM RESEARCH STAFFDirector o
Page 8 and 9: CONTACT DETAILSFurther information
Page 10 and 11: TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION 1A Re
Page 12 and 13: CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION
Page 14 and 15: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provision
Page 17: TABLE OF CASESAlexandrou v Oxford [
Page 21 and 22: INTRODUCTIONARequest by the Attorne
Page 23: extent to which current law in Irel
Page 26 and 27: who may have had a “reasonable ex
Page 28 and 29: 1.10 The 2006 Report of the Nationa
Page 30 and 31: Work had also been done on planning
Page 32 and 33: 1.21 The Irish Government‟s 2000
Page 34 and 35: ecommendations to the Government on
Page 36 and 37: that the enactment of legislation s
Page 38 and 39: circumstances in which a duty to in
Page 40 and 41: Russia, Switzerland and a number of
Page 42 and 43: inconvenience to the would-be-rescu
Page 44 and 45: 2.18 Lord Atkin then went on to exp
Page 46 and 47: intervene and rescue. 39 This has b
Page 48 and 49: a duty to control the conduct of ot
Page 50 and 51: voluntarily assumed responsibility
Page 52 and 53: competence and ability to treat the
Page 54 and 55: property in a public place and a ve
Page 56 and 57: is an occupational first-aider pres
Page 58 and 59: human being whose life is in peril
Page 60 and 61: without an option to avoid being su
Page 62 and 63: (d)Economic Arguments2.72 In Stovin
Page 64 and 65: (g)Indeterminate Number of ClaimsIn
Page 66 and 67: there is no greater legal basis for
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3CHAPTER 3DUTY OF CARE AND STANDARD
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whereby the courts may, as a matter
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conduct in the future. 18 In this w
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“Any person who intervenes volunt
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leaves the victim in a worse positi
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Samaritan could be held liable for
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3.36 It must also be borne in mind
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permissible in the case of ordinary
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scenarios where there is a lack of
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Commission observes that a finding
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In this regard, it is noted that th
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escuer, a quality service is provid
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3.74 Where the undertaking is a pro
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volunteer fails to turn up, it is v
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equivalent services. Furthermore, t
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precedent for future claims against
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would seem to imply that the standa
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that it was unlikely that liability
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4CHAPTER 4THE CONTENTS OF THE GOOD
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often important to distinguish care
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made those decisions, transfers to
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condition that the Good Samaritan a
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defined “render” as “[t]o giv
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4.24 The Commission notes that some
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equirement of rendering emergency c
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statutes in the United States, whil
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property is not included. To the ex
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4.41 In the Australian Capital Terr
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surgical aid in case of urgent need
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(2) General scope of legislation4.5
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heart action or circulation of bloo
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emergency contains in section 11 of
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precise definition of “good faith
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4.82 In the Consultation Paper 135
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the organisation‟s work in determ
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5CHAPTER 5SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION
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APPENDIXDRAFT CIVIL LIABILITY (GOOD
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DRAFT CIVIL LIABILITY (GOOD SAMARIT
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(e) The individual was capable of a
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Effect on common law and statutory
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